Brian Wilson

Well it’s been building up inside of meFor oh I don’t know how longI don’t know whyBut I keep thinkingSomethings bound to go wrong But she looks in my eyesAnd makes me realizeAnd she says don’t worry babyDon’t worry babyDon’t worry babyEverything will turn out alright Don’t worry babyDon’t worry babyDon’t worry baby These lyrics…

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Annise

Commentary doesn’t say much about ICE and their work these days. I will let the featured photo do the talking from today’s Chron. That’s what America voted for last November. It does not surprise me, and it should not surprise you. _____ ABC News is letting go one of their top journalists for telling the…

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Tie Runoff

More on that tie runoff in Pasadena. From ABC Channel 13 News: PASADENA, Texas (KTRK) — Two hundred and seventy-two votes to 272 votes: those are the totals in the race for a city council seat in Pasadena after this weekend’s runoff election. The results are not official yet, but after the initial count, there is…

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No Yordan

From the Chron on a Pasadena City Council runoff race this past Saturday: As of Sunday morning, candidates for Councilmember District B, Bianca Valerio and Bruce Leamon, were tied with 272 votes apiece.  Leamon is a former Pasadena city council member. In looking at the results in this race, there were 7 undervotes cast in…

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Early Voting

D-Day happened 81 years ago today. _____ If you live in the City of Pasadena or the San Jacinto College service area, Election Day for the runoff election is tomorrow. _____ State Rep. Jolanda Jones is in the race for the Congressional District 18 special election. She will be a formidable candidate. Stay tuned. _____…

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Budgets

I am sure you heard about this yesterday. See this from the Chron: A federal judge has permanently blocked Texas’ longstanding policy that allows undocumented immigrants to receive in-state college tuition after Attorney General Ken Paxton effectively settled a case filed by Trump Administration lawyers within a matter of hours. Texas lawmakers considered outlawing the practice in…

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Chron Hire

Nice hire by the Chron. See this: Nancy Meyer, president and publisher of the Houston Chronicle, said today that Evan I. Mintz had been named editor of Opinion and Community Engagement. Mintz, who previously served as deputy opinion editor at the Houston Chronicle, where he was a 2017 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Editorial…

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On HISD

If you live in the City of Pasadena or the San Jacinto College service area, today is the last day to vote early. _____ After I posted Daily Commentary yesterday, this story came out. See this from the Chron: The state takeover of Houston ISD will continue for two more years before the Texas Education Agency announces…

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The Veto

If you live in the City of Pasadena or the San Jacinto College service area, you have two days to vote early. Today and tomorrow. The featured photo is the entrance to the Bay Area Community Center early voting location on East Nasa Parkway _____ Commentary said this last week about the possibility of Gov.…

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Mail Ballots

The folks that run the Harris County Elections want you to vote. They really do. I learned yesterday that a voter in the Pasadena runoff had her mail ballot returned. It turns out she forgot to include her official identification number on the mail ballot envelope. The elections folks also included an envelope with paid…

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